Dare to Care with Michelle

✨ WHAT IF?

When was the last time you allowed yourself to imagine what was possible without immediately explaining why it wouldn’t work?

That question became the beginning of this episode... and honestly, the beginning of my October. 🌻

Sometimes we become so focused on what life looks like right now, what happened before, what worked, what didn’t, and what we’re responsible for that we stop asking a very important question:

💭 What else could be possible?

In this episode of Dare to Care with Michelle, we’re talking about POSSIBILITY.

✨ Why our brains can resist possibilities that feel unfamiliar
✨ How curiosity can open doors before we ever take action
✨ The relationship between courage, choice, and change
✨ What the masks we wear may be keeping us from seeing
✨ And a fun challenge designed to stretch your imagination in a way you might not expect

I’m also giving you a journaling prompt near the end of the episode that I really hope you’ll actually sit with. 📓💜

You don’t need the whole plan.

You don’t even have to believe yet that the thing you’re imagining IS possible.

Maybe you just start here:

🌻 What MAY be possible for me?

Press play and let’s find out. 🎙️✨

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🌻 ABOUT MICHELLE

Michelle Renee Weihman, BSN, RN, is an Empowerment Coach, bestselling author, speaker, podcast host, and nurse with more than 30 years of experience in healthcare and leadership. She helps women reconnect with who they are, trust themselves, and make intentional choices about what comes next.

🌐 https://michellereneeweihman.com

Always remember that Caring is Cool 💜🌻

What if the parts of yourself you’ve been trying to quiet are actually the parts asking to be heard?

In this episode of Dare to Care with Michelle, I sit down with Enchantress Shane Coleman, inner child healing expert, marriage and family therapist, bestselling author, playwright, and bold self-expression advocate, for a conversation about vulnerability, authenticity, and finding your way back to yourself.

We talk about the inner child we carry with us, the teenage voice that still whispers, “Who do you think you are?”, and the future version of ourselves reminding us that there is still so much ahead.

Shane shares one incredibly simple practice: “Right now I feel…” We pair it with one of my favorite tools, the Five Whys, to explore what can happen when we stop pushing our feelings away and get curious about what’s underneath them.

We also talk about journaling, nervous system regulation, self-care, spirituality, bold self-expression, caregiving, and the power of letting yourself be fully human.

And perhaps one of my favorite reminders from this conversation?

Just wait and see.

There may be more possibility waiting for you than you can imagine right now.

Connect with Enchantress Shane

Continue the conversation with Shane and explore more of her work around inner child healing, bold self-expression, and celebrating your soul.

TikTok: @enchantressshane

https://www.tiktok.com/@enchantressshane

You can also find her on Instagram by searching Enchantress Shane.

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If this conversation has you thinking about who you are, what you need, and what might be possible for you next, continue the journey with SAGE: Self-Awareness, Alignment, Growth Mindset & Empowerment.

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What if the confidence you've been searching for was never hiding in a number on the scale?

In this week's Body Sovereignty episode, Michelle challenges the messages we've been taught about body confidence and invites you to stop letting magazines, social media, BMI charts, filters, and other people's opinions decide how you feel about yourself.

True confidence isn't about becoming someone else. It's about honoring the body you have today while making choices that create the body you want tomorrow.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• Why the number on the scale is a result, not the mission
• How to stop outsourcing your confidence to outside opinions
• The difference between a health journey and a weight loss journey
• Why loving your body and improving your body can exist together
• How to receive compliments without minimizing yourself
• A simple one-minute mirror exercise to begin building genuine body confidence

Remember, body confidence isn't something you earn after reaching a certain weight. It's something you build every time you choose to care for yourself.

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Do you find yourself saying, "I'm just so tired" or "I don't have the energy"?

What if the problem isn't that you need more energy...but that you're unknowingly giving away the energy you already have?

In this week's Body Sovereignty episode of Dare to Care with Michelle, we're talking about the everyday choices that quietly drain your energy and, more importantly, what you can do instead.

In this episode, you'll discover:
✨ Why motivation follows action, not the other way around.
✨ How your words shape your energy.
✨ The difference between physical energy and directed energy.
✨ Why consistency beats comfort every time.
✨ How one simple decision can change the direction of your entire day.

Remember, you always have a choice, and every decision matters.

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What happens when a high-achieving woman realizes that success isn't the same as fulfillment?

This week, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Jessica Waugh to talk about burnout, boundaries, perimenopause, menopause, self-worth, and why so many women have been taught to tie their value to how much they accomplish.

One of my favorite moments was when Jessica said:

💜 "Your worth is not your productivity."

We also talked about:
✨ The symptoms of perimenopause that often get overlooked
✨ Why so many women are told, "Your labs are normal," while still knowing something isn't right
✨ The importance of pausing before your body forces you to
✨ Creating a life that honors who you are, not just what you do

This is one of those conversations that every woman, and the people who love her, should hear.

🎧 Give it a listen and let me know what resonates with you!

Connect with Jessica Waugh

The Pause Affect

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What if the life you desire isn't created by one big breakthrough...

✨ What if it's created by the decisions you make every single day?

In this solo episode of Dare to Care with Michelle, we're kicking off Body Sovereignty Month with one simple but life-changing truth:

💜 Every decision matters.

This isn't about perfection.
This isn't about weight loss.
This isn't about guilt.

It's about taking radical responsibility for your body, your mind, and your spirit... one decision at a time.

In this episode, we'll talk about:

✅ Why you've already started, even if you don't think you have.
✅ Why motivation follows action, not the other way around.
✅ The difference between radical responsibility and guilt.
✅ How awareness changes everything.
✅ Why tiny decisions compound into extraordinary results.
✅ How today's choices shape the life your future self will live.

🌱 You don't have to change your entire life today.

You only have to turn the steering wheel one degree.

Your future is being created by the accumulation of the decisions you make today.

🌻 Which direction are your decisions taking you?

✨ Quote of the Week:
"Bloom beyond the limits you once believed were possible."

💜 If this episode encouraged you, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs the reminder that change doesn't happen all at once. It happens one decision at a time.

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Somewhere along the way, many women learned to trust everyone else's voice more than their own.

It doesn't happen overnight.

It happens one small decision at a time.

A haircut.

An outfit.

A relationship.

A career move.

A dream that never gets pursued because someone else didn't approve.

In this episode of the Remembering Her series, Michelle explores how women are conditioned to seek permission, soften their words, and question what they already know to be true.

You'll learn:

✨ Why self-trust erodes over time

✨ How women are taught to prioritize other people's opinions

✨ The subtle ways we give away our power every day

✨ The connection between self-trust and sovereignty

✨ A simple framework to rebuild trust in yourself:
Notice. Pause. Listen. Practice. Trust.

Because you were not born doubting yourself.

And the final authority in your life belongs to you.

What if healthy living could be rooted in grace instead of guilt?

In this episode of Dare to Care, Michelle sits down with registered dietitian, personal trainer, wife, mama, and faith-based wellness advocate Jenny Young for an honest conversation about nutrition, motherhood, self-confidence, and sustainable health.

Jenny shares her journey from growing up on a farm to becoming a dietitian who helps women build healthy habits that fit real life. Together, they explore why so many women struggle with perfectionism, all-or-nothing thinking, and negative self-talk, and how grace can become the foundation for lasting change.

✨ In This Episode:
• 💜 Why grace is more powerful than guilt when it comes to health
• 🍳 The importance of protein and simple ways to get more of it
• 👶 Jenny's experience with motherhood and postpartum changes
• 🪞 Learning to speak to yourself with kindness instead of criticism
• 🚶‍♀️ Small daily habits that create lasting results
• 🌱 Building a healthy lifestyle that is sustainable, not restrictive
• ⏰ Jenny's perspective on intermittent fasting and nutrition timing
• 🍽️ Breaking free from all-or-nothing thinking around food
• 🙏 How faith shapes Jenny's approach to health and wellness
• ✨ Why your worth was settled at the cross, not in the mirror
• ❤️ The connection between self-compassion and self-confidence
• 🌻 How consistency beats perfection every time

This conversation is packed with practical wellness advice, encouragement, and powerful reminders that caring for your health doesn't require perfection. It requires compassion, consistency, and the courage to keep showing up for yourself.

📸 Connect with Jenny Young: @jennylynnlivin

In Episode 2 of the Remembering HER series, we're talking about something many women struggle with but rarely discuss: trusting themselves.

The truth is, we aren't born doubting ourselves. Babies trust their needs, their instincts, and their emotions without hesitation. So what happens along the way?

Somewhere between being a little girl and becoming a woman, many of us learn to seek approval, soften our voices, and question our own knowing. We stop asking ourselves what we think and start looking to everyone else for the answers.

In this episode, Michelle explores how women learn to distrust themselves, the subtle ways we shrink our language and our lives, and how to begin rebuilding self-trust one small decision at a time.

You'll learn:
💜 What self-trust really means
💜 How conditioning shapes our confidence
💜 Why your words matter
💜 The connection between self-trust and sovereignty
💜 Simple ways to start trusting yourself again

If you've ever found yourself asking everyone else what you should do before asking yourself, this episode is for you.

Because the woman you're remembering doesn't need more permission.

She needs to trust herself again.

When was the last time you asked yourself what you needed?

If you're a nurse skipping lunches, a server working through your break, an entrepreneur who forgets to eat, a teacher planning lessons into the night, or a mother putting everyone else's needs first, this episode is for you.

Michelle is starting a four-part series called Remembering Her, diving deep into self-abandonment, self-trust, and the journey back home to yourself. In this first episode, she exposes the pattern so many of us have fallen into: becoming so focused on caring for everyone else that we've forgotten we matter. She calls it caregiver burnout, and it doesn't discriminate. It comes for anyone who has learned to abandon themselves in the name of taking care of others.

But here's the good news: it's fixable. Michelle shares three powerful, actionable ways to start caring for yourself again:

1. **Create Space Before the World Needs You** - including four daily journaling prompts that will transform how you show up each day

2. **Make Your Breaks Non-Negotiable** - because rest and boundaries aren't luxuries, they're necessities

3. **Keep One Promise to Yourself Every Single Day** - because trust is built when you keep what matters to you true

You'll discover the signs of caregiver burnout (exhaustion, irritability, resentment, disconnection), understand why joy is your growth mindset's best friend, and learn that the goal isn't becoming someone new. It's remembering who you already are.

This is episode one of the Remembering Her series. New episodes release every Monday in June.

Always remember that Caring is Cool.